Exploring and performing 'Say How You Feel' by Joseph Coelho
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can perform a poem about emotions.
Key learning points
- ‘Say How You Feel’ is a poem that explores different emotions.
- Each verse describes a different emotion using vivid imagery, metaphors and similes.
- Joseph Coelho performs the poem using the voice of each emotion.
- We can vary our voice to show different emotions.
- Using facial expressions and gestures can help to add meaning to our performances.
Keywords
Emotions - strong feelings - like love, or anger
Imagery - the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener
Metaphor - a way of describing and comparing something by saying that it is something else
Simile - a poetic device that compares two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
Common misconception
Pupils may try to vary their voice so much that it makes them difficult to hear e.g. speaking too quickly or too quietly.
Explain to the pupils that while we are trying to convey emotions through our voice, we also need to maintain a loud enough and clear enough volume for the audience to hear us. Model doing this well and not so well.
Teacher tip
The book 'Poems Aloud' is full of illustrations to bring the poems to life. Displaying the poems alongside their illustrations on the interactive whiteboard would enhance engagement and understanding.
Equipment
You need access to the poem 'Say How You Feel', which is available in the additional materials for this lesson.
Licence
Sign in to continue
Our content remains 100% free, but to access certain copyrighted materials, you'll need to sign in. This ensures we’re both staying within the rules.
P.S. Signing in also gives you more ways to make the most of Oak like unit downloads!
